olsem

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English all + same.

Adverb

olsem

1. thus; as
   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎^[1], →ISBN, page 433:

     Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to (indirect object, in the sense of "similar to")
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:5:

     Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

     →New International Version translation

Conjunction

olsem

1. as
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:12:

     Na man i bekim tok olsem, “Dispela meri yu bin givim mi olsem poroman bilong mi, em tasol i givim mi pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kaikai.”

     →New International Version translation

Preposition

olsem

1. like

Derived terms

• olsem na
• luk olsem